martha parke custis peter, granddaughter of martha washington. six generations of the peter family lived in the house until 1984. we take a tour with the curator, who shows us a letter from george washington, a bomb shelter, and a signed photo of woodrow wilson. grant: hi, i am the curator at tudor house and historic garden and we will take a look at some of the amazing objects we have in our collection. tudor place was home to the peter family from 1805 until 1983, five different generations lived here. it was the wishes of the last owner that the house become a museum so that the public could enjoy the amazing collection of objects. i want to talk about the architecture. when thomas and martha peter purchased the house it was eight and a half acres and only the two end wings were here with nothing in between. the owner originally planned to add more to the house but never did. they started talking with their friend, a doctor and amateur architect, about designing a grand house for them. he designed the octagon house in washington. he incorporated the two wings and a center block

edge of being extinguished. washington's army had reached its lowest point, he was in danger of losing a lot of his troops and his enlistments. he had just lost several significant battles in manhattan and in the new york area. and had retreated across new jersey, hoping to increase the numbers of his army while passing through new jersey and the opposite happened. he lost troops. the analogy i like to use is pointhe rebellion at that was like a candle that was about to be blown out. washington would retreat across the delaware river and set up his forces in pennsylvania in the new town area, and it's there that he developed a plan to use his army before they all went home, and to launch an attack against the german garrison there was holding trenton. trenton was a very important crossroads city at the time, a town of about 1000 people on the major route between philadelphia and new york city. trenton have a lot of significance sitting on the delaware river about 50 miles north of philadelphia. the british assigned three german regiments to hold this position for the winter of 1776. we

. washington spent more time in new jersey than any other state during the revolution, and and his army spent a lot of time here. and the people of trenton themselves, the craftsmen who loved here, the merchants who lived here, just everybody this trenton wound up playing a role in the war to support washington's army, to support the cause in various ways. washington wanted to avoid at all costs the kind of military action that would threaten the existence of his army. he would fight, but he never wanted to be captured like cornwallis was at yorktown. he wanted to avoid that kind of disaster. that would have ended the revolution. so he would always want to live to fight another day in his battles. and the important thing to him was to just keep the revolution going and keep the army in the field. and i believe that new jersey in general and trenton in particular was very instrumental in helping him accomplish that goal. it served the continental army as a hospital right where we're standing here at the barracks. the barracks was an army hospital during the revolution. it's where washington ma

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saver, in my view. to many, including washington, the british certainly, they felt the war was practically over. they were ready to wrap this up. we needed a victory. trenton is a small battle. 900 hessians are captured. but the morale effect is huge. it is almost viewed by the population at the time as a miracle event. >> american history tv is looking at the revolutionary war in new jersey. coming up, we retrace the steps of soldiers who fought in the battle of trenton. mr. siegel: the battle of trenton is exceptionally significant in the time of 1776 because the american revolution was on the edge of being extinguished. washington's army had reached its lowest point, he was in danger of losing a lot of his troops and his enlistments. he had just lost several significant battles in manhattan and in the new york area. and had retreated across new jersey, hoping to increase the numbers of his army while passing through new jersey and the opposite happened. he lost troops. the analogy i like to use is that the rebellion at that point was like a candle that was about to be blown

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last week. this according to the washington post which sites current and former u.s. officials as saying that trump's disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the islamic state. fresh fallout from the stunning firi firing of director james comey. the search for a replacement is moving rapidly with at least eight candidates having already been interviewed. some congressional democrats are tying confirmation of the new fbi director to a appointment of special prosecutor to investigate ties between the trump campaign and russia. same issue comey was probing when he was dismissed. at the same time the white house is peppered with questions about the president's tweet threatening comey with alleged secret recordings. press secretary sean spicer won't address the issue, saying the president has been cleared and there is nothing to add. but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say the white house should turn over any tapes to congressional investigators. we are following north korea's most dwis tuisturbing test yet. the kim jong-un regime claims the missile can carr

facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. >> good morning. it is the day once known as decoration day. more than a half-century later we honor men and women who put on the uniform to defend this country. this is a live view from the memorial. president trump >> what does this day, memorial day mean to you? good monday morning on this memorial day. simple crime. somebody who died known only to god. this piece don't take the remembrance out of memorial day. share with you in part what he writes at the hill.com. what does memorial day mean to you? is a day off work, time spent grilling with family and friends. a day to grab the hottest discounts on cars and electronics. it seems over the years memorial day has come to represent the luxuries of to society and best sales since presidents day. those who served and the families of those who did not come home it is anything but a retail holiday. it is a day to honor the ultimate sacrifice so many of our brothers and sisters in arms have made for this exceptional nation. good morning from the hill newspaper. congressman republic

coming up. staying on that story, too. this, as the white house fires back at "washington post" report that the president gave russian officials classified info, allegedly putting ally, israel at risk. meantime, israel is reportedly the source of that information. given to the people, u.s. officials are investigating for meddling into the election. that's what the controversy is about. health care reform, tax reform, infrastructure reform on hold. remember the obamacare health care reform bill passed. seems like a distant memory. h.r. mcmaster attacked the "washington post" today. watch. >> i stamp out the statement i made yesterday. the premise of that article is false that in any way the president had a conversation that was inappropriate or that resulted in any kind of lapse in national security. that conversation was wholly appropriate to the conversation, and i think wholly appropriate with the expectations are of our intelligence partners. all of you are, of course, from the threat from isis, all of you are familiar with the territory of controls. if you were to say from

washington formed and interrupted with members of his presidential candidate. she discusses with how the american system differed from the british equivalent. this is about 10 minutes. >> your research is on george washington's cabinet. >> the cabinet is not in the constitution. when washington entered the presidency, he created the cabinet as he went through discovering process and discovered he needed that advice. he relied on a couple things. he relied on his military experience from the revolutionary war. he brought those practices into the presidency. he also relied on the secretary's experiences at the state level and how they had formed their interactions in the cabinet. >> how was the british cabinet set up? ms. chervinsky: that is a great question. the american public was very much aware of the cabinet in britain. the british constitution was an unwritten constitution. it is a number of parliamentary legislation acts. there are a number of decisions by the british courts, and other scholarly works. when you bring those together that makes up the british constitutional system. ba

"washington post" reports he revealed highly classified intelligence to russian diplomats at the white house. even senate republicans are now warning trump is in a downward spiral. we will get the latest. then as the ninth circuit court of appeals hears argumentsts ovr trump's second m muslim trtravel ban, we will go to seattle to speak with washington state attorney general bob ferguson. he filed the first suit against comes travel ban, sparking a nationwide firestorm of legal resistance. >> we are a nation of laws. as i said, as we have said, from day one, those laws applied everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the united states. amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the beginning of the end. that's what many are saying about the trump presidency following the "washington post's"s" explosive article revealing how president trump disclosed highly classified intelligence during his sit-down meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and russian ambassador sergey kislyak at

was an army hospital during the revolution. it's where washington made one of his major sort of innovations at that time i inoculating all of his troops against smallpox and saved his army which might have been wiped out in 1776, not by the british but by the smallpox. he played a role in that. in addition trenton because of his location between new york and philadelphia, was a major supply depot and the army needed food and trenton became, because of its geographic location it was used as a supply depot before the battle of trenton all the way through 1783 and the army going. one of new jersey's main contributions to the revolution in this area was the organization of its militia. militia was a state function not a continental congress function and new jersey required the units to be in it however new jersey because of washington's army being here and because of the british being constantly in new york and for a year in philadelphia the militiamen were killed -- called out very frequently. it was virtually every other month or every third month sometimes. if they were lucky eve

hating "washington post." last night they released a story saying that trump gave the russian minister and ambassador classified information while they were visiting the white house last week.he this story has been denied by trump administration officials who were actually in the room. national security advisor hr mcmaster said that it was bogus. he said, i was in the room and it didn't happen. secretary of state rex tillerson denied the report. that does not stop the media from running wild from all of this. watch this biased so-called news. it's really fake news coverage. watch this. >> the white house reeling from another russia crisis. an unforced error at the hands of president trump. >> that damage to u.s. intelligence interest is being viewed as incalculable this morning. >> after the story broke we heard yelling behind closed doors here in this west wing. this is a white house in chaos right now. >> if true this could be the most significant and dangerous week of the presidency. >> hyperventilating breathlessness. we'll have more on the biased coverage later in our new segment.

"washington post" and "the new york times" the cht of the united states revealed highlily classified beyond top secret information to this country's chief global adversary russia during a meeting last week in the oval office. this meeting with russian ambassador and frmts a day after he fired fbi director james comey obviously leading the investigation to possibly improper contact with russia. now the post broke the sister their reporting suggest when the president revealed the intelligence reportedly gathered by an ally not to be shared with other countries he was boating to the russians about what he had. as you mate imagine this is touching offer a firestorm in the intelligence community on capitol hill and beyond we have our own new reporting on that what the intelligence covered and late reaction from the white house reporting for us we have a keem of correspondents jim acosta, man ewe rauj, jim acosta joins from us the white house jim explain how the white house is reacting because several people in that office put out statements although in om says they're not really address w

with washington on a regular basis. lincoln had very little faith in made since his lack luster pursuit of robert e lee's defeated army. in fact, shortly after that battle, the president drafted a letter he never sent. a very valuable lesson when you are upset, write the letter, put it in your drawer, do not send it. that is why email so dangerous. and twitter is even worse. [laughter] anyway, after the battle, lincoln and drafted this letter criticizing meade for allowing lee to escape across the river. he felt meade squandered a chance to win the war. your golden opportunity is gone, lincoln wrote and i am distressed immeasurably because of it. as stan "the war will be prolonged indefinitely." campaign inother 1863 and two months later, meade exhibited little aggressiveness. meade possessed a vast knowledge of the workings and personnel of the army of the potomac, something grants lacked. he was a fine administrator. grant traveled with the army, he could observe and supervise the army and his generals directly and compel meade to act more aggressively. it will lead meade in c

, and later factored into the sale of french louisiana to the u.s. the national archives in washington, d.c. hosted this hour and 20 minute event. >> americans advocating separation from great britain knew they had to have the backing of a major european power. and not just moral support but material in the form of money, supplies, and men. england's ancient rivals, france and spain, were the natural places to turn. from the earliest days of the war, benjamin franklin and other american envoys lobbied in france and spain. the papers of the continental congress contained the long-running correspondence between congress and its envoys of -- envoys abroad. the american diplomats' efforts were rewarded in the treaty of alliance and the treaty with france, and the entry of spain into the war in 1799. arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause. and at the end of the war, the french army and navy made the yorktown victory possible. the stories of our nation's early days cannot be told without reference to the records here at the national archives -- dipl

new jersey and california, oregon, washington. when a primary campaign ends early like that, when somebody basically runs away with it, it's an interesting strategic question how the prufrpt noichl treats those remaining contests. once you vanquished all your rivals, do you keep running in those remaining states? do you make a show of competing for those contests when you really are the only one left? i think oftentimes the answer to that depends on whether the candidate thinks that he or she has a chance at winning those states in the general election too, so even once the primary is settled if there are competitive states, swing states left on the primary cal, that's a great reason for them to get additional candidate visits, get additional political attention. on the other hand states that are never going to be in contention, states that are firmly red or firmly blue for the general election, they won't get as much attention. a state like washington state would not have expected too much in terms of political attention or a hard fought contest on the republican side of the race

pay for her to fly there. greta, i hear you have greg miller, who broke this big "washington post" news story. >> it is an incredible story, katie. it is breaking right now and it is a potential bombshell. the "washington post" reporting president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador last week. president trump went off script and began describing details about an islamic state terrorist threat and abuse of laptops. this jeopardizes a key source of intelligence on the islamic state. this is code word information terminology that refers to one of the highest class identification used by american spy agency. trump revealed morer for russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies and saying trump boasts about all the intel he gets. nbc news has not confirmed this story. a "washington post" story. the reporter with me is greg miller. have i got the story correct? tell me what you know. >> i think you're on the path there. trump, one day after he fires comey he has a meeting with the russian foreign minister and ambassad

explosive story >> tonight, the explosive story broken by "the washington post." president trump and last week's oval office meeting with the russians allegedly revealed highly classified information to the russians. among our guests, a former watergate prosecutor, a former u.s. ambassador to russia, and a former kgb spy, along with the journalists working on this still-developing story, as "the 11th hour" gets under way. >>> well, good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. put it this way, "the washington post" story that came out late today broke their previous record for internet traffic, set on the day the "access hollywood" outtakes were published. today's explosive stories says president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister, and the russian ambassador during an oval office meeting last week. u.s. officials tell "the post" the information jeopardized a critical source of intelligence in the fight against isis and that the intelligence was not ours to share. the report says "the information the president relayed had bee

cnn breaking news. >> good evening within i'm erin burnett. breaking news. the washington post reporting this evening that the president of the united states has reveal top secret classified information to russia. according rgd to the post trump shared the classified information with the rush hand ambassador and the russian minister last week. this information involved isis. the report states it jeopardized a critical source of intelligence and we're awaiting a briefing from the national security adviser at those cameras. deena powell saying tonight the story is false. the president only discussed the common threats that the country faces. the u.s. ambassador is known to be a top russian spy. sara murray begins our coverage outside the white house as we await h.r. mcmaster approaching the cameras and speaking to the press. the moment that happens we'll bring you there live. what are you learning? >> we're looking for a fuller explanation from the national security adviser on exactly what happened in this meeting between rump with russian's foreign minister and the russian ambas

revealed classified information to russia. live report from washington straight ahead. >>> historic highs. u.s. equity futures are flat after a rally in tech and oil sent the nasdaq to new records. >>> and disney held hostage. the details of that on its way. it's tuesday, may 16, 2017, "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen. >> i'm wilfred frost. good morning to you from me as well. >> let's check in on the markets after another record close for the s&p and nasdaq. got a half percent gain for stocks yesterday. breaking out of that dreade dreaded 0.2% move. let's show you where we are this morning. dow futures down a point. s&p futures down 1.5. nasdaq futures remain strong as the nasdaq continues its outperformance. it's coming off of four straight weeks in gains. the s&p and dow broke their winning streak last week. the dollar is the mover last night. this is where we saw reaction to the report from the "washington post" and the "new york times" that the president shared some highly sensitive intelligence

watching, our breaking news coverage continues right now. new reporting in the "washington post," with potential lyre very serious implications. according to the post, jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, proposed setting up a secret communication with kremlin, not a figurative back channel. according to the washington post, this was a nuts and bolts setup, using russian diplomatic facilities and equipment. "the washington post" reporter by lining the story for us. ellen thanks very much for joining us, the secret communications channel, your sources are telling you it was kushner who originally raised this idea, is that right? >> yes, that's right. according to sources who have reviewed intelligence collecting by use of intelligence agencies. jared kushner, proposed this secret secure channel at a meeting at trump power in december, with the russian ambassador. >> talk a little bit about this secret channel, this communications channel, it was going to, what, be based at the russian embassy in washington? >> that's what it sounds like, now, we caution that this is based o

will also see one of his sculptures in public parks in washington, d.c.. you see his sculpture at harpers ferry. and most prominently in colonial williamsburg. you will find it in front of the red building at the college of william and mary. it looked worse for wear in 1958. it was put on display in front of the library. this was dedicated in the fall of 1993. introduced by people who have been walking on the street. now he is taken his talents to sculpting james monroe. in watching gordon work and being aware of the intensity with which he understands the person he is sculpting, it occurred to me it would be a wise idea that we talk to someone who has physically and visually understood the character of james monroe. it is my privilege to introduce sculptor gordon kray. [applause] gordon: thank you very much. just like old times here. i am going to be talking about james monroe. specifically this is a vehicle of the new monroe monument at the college. i will be referring to older examples, a lot of the reference materials i learned there out of a book i used for the main point of

05/11/17 05/11/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from seattle, washington, this is democracy now! >> why did you five director comey? pres. trump: he was not doing a good job. amy: did president trump fire fbi director james comey just days after comey asked the justice department for more resources to investigate the trump campaign's ties to russia before the 2016 election? we'll speak with history professor ruth ben-ghiat who argues this could be trump at his most dangerous. her book in progress is titled, "strongmen: from mussolini to trump." we will also get response from socialist city seattle councilmember kshama sawant. then we speak to one of the lawyers leading the charge against trump'p's muslim ban. >> if you look at it and say, how in the world can he be trying to tie this to national barring when he is children from coming in to be reunited with their parents? their parents are already living here, who are united states is distance and lawful permanent residents? amy: we will speak with matt adams. he is fighting an order from the department of justi

, and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama's affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight. 217 to 213, with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this bill becomes law is a very different matter, as it still faces steep hurdles in the senate. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment itjust after two o'clock this afternoon in washington when trumpcare this afternoon in washington when trumpca re became a this afternoon in washington when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, shame. but outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, "shame." this fight isn't over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today's debate show

striking bottom line, according to "the washington post" and the "new york times," the president of the united states revealed highly classified information to in a meeting with russian ambassador and the russian foreign minister after the firing of james comey. now the post broke the story, they're reporting suggests that when the president revealed this intelligence, reportedly gathered by an ally, and not to be shared with other countries, he was boasting to the russians about what he had. as you might imagine, this is touching off a firestorm on capitol hill and beyond. we have our own new reporting on that, what the intelligence covered and delayed reaction from the white house team. jim acosta joins us now from the white house. jim, explain how the white house is reacting, because several people who were in that office put out statements, although in some cases they're not really addressing what the actual reporting said? >> reporter: i think it's safe to say that the white house is knocking down that story in the "washington post," they're saying it's false as reported, but i

unknown soldier of the american revolution in washington square, where we honored those who sacrificed their lives to create our nation. our program continued in front of independence hall where we celebrated the future of that nation, and the youth who are the legacy of the great ideals founded at that time. now, we are at the museum of the american revolutions. we are celebrating, not just the opening of the museum, but the people and the ideas of the revolution and the great , landmarks and the history of philadelphia. and we are grateful to the many faith leaders, the students, and the others, who made this day possible. the museum we open today tells the story of the creation of the american nation. how people from all walks of life found a bond in the soaring ideals of equality, freedom, and self-governance, who consecrated that bond by their courage and sacrifice through eight years of warfare. that bond is what turned them into the unified people of one nation, and has done so for every center ration -- has done so for every generation since. this museum celebrates and belongs

. >> james: rich edson at the state department. here in washington, the search intensifies for a successor to fbi director james comey. president trump is receiving lots of unsolicited counsel from both sides of the aisle on who he should select, while the investigations into his campaign's dealings with russia turn on. we are foxing coverage. brit hume assesses the demands for special prosecutor. catherine herridge has the latest work list of possible fbi director's first to john roberts and a new report about president trump possibly having revealed classified information to the russians at the white house last week. >> good evening. more on the hunt for the new fbi director in just a moment but first of all, a report in "the washington post" that when he met with sergey lavrov and sergey kislyak, president trump revealed classified information regarding isis that, according to the report in "the washington post," wasn't exactly his to share. it was intelligence that have been developed by u.s. partner. according to a quote from h.r. mcmaster, national security advisor the pres

advocates -- everyone she talks to, that the decisions we make in washington are really about either expanding opportunity or contracting it. and she has been fighting for expanding opportunities every day. woman electedst to the senate for massachusetts, a former harvard law professor, the author of "this fight is our fight." lee's welcome senator elizabeth warren. [applause] senator warren: i am so glad to the ideas conference. i have been here many times before to talk with a lot of people in this room about ideas. progressive ideas, big ideas, small ideas. my aim is always in the same direction. how to make this country -- how to make this government work for people. i believe that this is the central question facing america today. bigaside the debate about government versus small government, about more government versus less government. the important thing we need is accountable government. government not just for the rich and powerful, but a government that works for and answers to all of us. is theable government basis of american democracy. but for years, let's just face it,

developing story reported in the washington post. residents has been accused of giving classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister when they met at the white house. we will go to they met at the white house. we will gotoa they met at the white house. we will go to a press conference. the story that came out tonight is reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials we re known. two other senior officials were present including the secretary of state. these should outweigh those anonymous sources. i was in the room, it did not happen. thanks everybody. that was our live press conference taking place just now outside the white house, denying claims that the president had given classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister when they met at the white house last week. tha

considering deploying thousands more troops to afghanistan, a shift in policy. live to washington. french politics continues to get shaken up, the former prime minister says he is jumping ship tojoin immanuel macron‘s party. jumping ship tojoin immanuel macron's party. this socialist parties there, it is behind us, not the history and values, but it had to move on. we will look at why minnesota is experiencing one of its worst outbreaks of measles. and right up to date with the champions league. this is south korea's next president. he was favoured to win, im proves president. he was favoured to win, improves doolan promising to prove the economy and relationship with north korea. we still don't have the official results. over 41%, north korea. we still don't have the official results. 0ver41%, double his rival. from tomorrow i will be a president for everyone. i will be a president for everyone. i will be a president who serves all the people, even those who did not support me. you may think north korea has dominated this election, but not really. economy and corruption the tot

getting you ready for summer-like heat.. good morning washington. toss to eileen - another beautiful day - heat & humidity return tomorrow - near record breaking highs tomorrow & thursday - timing out thunderstorm chances today: mostly sunny. warm, comfortable humidity. highs: 80-85 winds: sw 5 mph and mild. lows: 59-64 winds: sw 5 mph wednesday: partly cloudy. hot and humid. highs: 90-95 winds: s 5-10 mph happening right now.. metro opening up - happening right happening right now.. metro opening up - with safetrack fifteen now in effect. starting this morning - five stations on the orange line will be closed. those are new carrollton, landover, cheverly, deanwood and minnesota avenue. we are live at the new carrollton station - monitoring the impact. we'll have a live report - coming up at 5:15 now to our top story... fast moving developments after a bombshell from the washington post. that report - that president trump handed over classified information to russian officials. the information was reportedly about how isis plans to use laptops to sneak bombs onto planes. the white house,

then some of this mornings "washington journal" and the viewer comments on the president pena with russian officials and intelligence information. >> host: very good tuesday morning to pick you and start calling in now on this story. two different headlines in two very different news organ organizations in today's paper,t the daily news which is been critical of president trump's but time is running for office, leaker of the free world is a headline. trump spilled isis secrets to russia. ban and then from white house advisor steve bannon former news organization breitbart news, the headline on this, leaks highly classified info the "washington post" to smear president trump.o here's the story from the "washington post." the story that broke this story yesterday, the organization tha broke this story yesterday, the story noted president trump reveal highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador in a white has been elastic according to current and former u.s. officials are said trump disclosure jeopardize a critical source of intelligence on the islamic

. so after the war he integrated his church in washington at some considerable political cost, and he channeled a tremendous amount of freedmen's bureau resources to education. and when a new university for black men and women was established in washington, d.c., in 1867, initial is going to be a theological school but howard said no. it has to be a university, a medical school, a law school. and it was only natural that it would be named for howard, howard university. now, howard thought his role in reconstruction was gods providence, that he was convinced that this would be the cause of the rest of his life, the civil war ended, he was 34, wondering are my best days passed me. then this happened. and this is why it'd been put on earth, it was what he was meant to do. but then it all fell apart. the reconstruction collapsed. the bureaus mission was compressed and then snuff out, and by the 1870s the politics of the nation had fundamentally shifted. otis howard, he found himself a lightning rod for attacks on reconstruction. he personally was humiliated. the bureau lost all kinds o

people took part in the people's climate march in washington and in solidarity rallies across the country. the protest marked donald trump's 100th day in office. we will air highlights from the date and here from the state attorney general suing exxon mobil as well as u.s. senator's pushing for a fossil free future. >> the koch brothers must be sent a message that their science, which donald trump has adopted, is just as bogus as a jury agreed from trump in diversity. amy: we will also hear from indigenous leaders fighting to protect the planet. >> maybe we as original people of the united states and peoeope in canada, alaska, maybe it is time to exercise our sovereignty and our self-determination and serve papers on this president to deport him from this country because the laws that he is representing are not the natural laws that we are taught as native people. amy: from the street of the people's climate march and washington, d.c., all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. hundreds of thousands, if not

green. scrambling to respond to a damning report in "the washington post" alleging that president trump revealed highly classified information about isis to russia. the white house called the story false but did not deny classified information was disclosed. last week, according to "the washington post," the president shared details about an isis threat provided by another country with the russian foreign minister and ambassador. the move has the potential to jeopardize a critical isis intelligence source. the post reports the information was so sensitive it was restricted even within the u.s. government. the u.s. did not have permission to share the intel, and after the meeting, white house officials called the cia and nsa to try and contain the damage. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are demanding answers. the trump white house is back in crisis mode as it reacts to yet another bombl. washington post" that the president went off script when he revealed the specific isis plot. >> i was in the room.

talks to, that the decisions we make in washington are really about either expanding opportunity or contracting it. and she's been fighting for expanding opportunity every day. she's the first woman elected to the senate for massachusetts, a former harvard law professor, the author of "this fight is our fight." please welcome senator elizabeth warren. [ applause ] >> thank you! thank you. thank you, neera, and thank all of you who are here today. i am so glad to be at cap's ideas conference. you know, i've been here many times before to talk with a lot of people in this room about ideas. progressive ideas, big ideas, small ideas, and my aim is always in the same direction, how to make this country, how to make this government, work for people. i believe that this is the central question facing america today. set aside the debates about big government versus small government, about more government versus less government. the important thing we need is accountable government. government not just for the rich and powerful, but a government that works for and answers to all of us. accou

president. .. tremont do they have shared concerns in washington? >> guest: absolutely. the internet economy in general is incredibly important and that's what ties all our members together. everything from net neutrality which we will talk about to trade policy to so many other issues, that's what we work on. >> host: how did you get active in this area? >> guest: i worked on the hill for 12 years and did a lot of work on telecommunications, internet tech policy and was fortunate when the companies can together want to start this association. there's a lot of tech associations out there, tech group and tech is very broad, includes hardware, software and other technology. we are just internet companies and so i was brought in 201 201d we started the association with ten of 14 members and today we represent 40 companies. >> host: used to work for fred upton, republican. does he agree with you and internet association on the future of net neutrality? >> guest: i don't work for the children anymore. i cannot speak for him. this is an issue where do you think of bipartisan agreement from

ceo of the internet association here in washington. what is that? mr. beckerman: we are a trade association that represents internet companies, as providers, all the app and websites you visit. peter: name some. mr. beckerman: amazon, facebook, ebay, etsy, twitter, netflix. pretty much all the major websites you are visiting. peter: do they have shared concerns in washington? mr. beckerman: absolutely. the internet economy is incredibly important. that is what ties all of our members together. everything from net neutrality to trade policy to so many other issues, there is very much alignment. peter: how did you get active in this area? mr. beckerman: i worked on the hill for 12 years, a lot of work on telecommunications, internet tech policy. i was fortunate in 2012 when the companies wanted to start this is the asian. there are a lot of -- wanted to start this association. there are a lot of tech companies. us, we are just internet companies. 2012 and wet in in started the association with 10 or 14 members, today 40 companies. peter: you used to work for energy and commerce ch

weren't in panama city, they are in washington. another thing you hear again and again is the regulations. get the economy going, get the regulations off my back. the refrain was, anything you have in washington, i want less of it. we can make the economy grow. you remember when the economy was growing 7% and 8%. i tell that to my children and they don't believe me. we actually took in more money than we spent as a government. shocking. >> what surprised you about washington? >> i think it is jarring to see some of the negotiation take place. two people as close as you and i in a room might not be able to communicate, that they can go and give a press conference about each other minutes later. that is surprising. this city is full of a lot of good people. not always evident when you are a thousand miles from washington, or rome, as we call it. there are a lot of great people, well-meaning people, serious, intelligent. the gridlock is disconcerting when you are in the provinces. >> what committees are you serving on? , science, and v.a. that works out well. with aty is very rural lot of fa

place, comments from this morning's "washington journal" about president trump and stories he shared secrets with russian officials recently. >> host: it's open phones on the "washington journal" until 10:00 o'clock when our program and spread we want to hear from you.ding most of course, one of the big stories yesterday, a story that's leading most newspapershe today, first reported by the washington post, trump reveals secret intelligence toly russians is the headline.. highly classified information on isis disclosure in a meeting with russia officials. that is from sources who talk to the rushing ten post. we want to hear your reaction if that's what you want to talk about. president trump giving his reaction in a series of tweets this morning saying, as president i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled meeting which i have the right to do. facts pertaining to terrorismig and airline flight safety, humanitarian reasons and i wanted russia to step up theird fight against isis and terrorism.day. some further reporting and tweets have come out already today. one of the r

hello and welcome to one hundred days plus. washington is in uproar after the sudden and highly unusual dismissal of the head of the fbi. the white house says the firing wasn't because of the bureau's russia probe, but democrats smell a rat. amid new reports that comey recently requested more funds for the russia investigation — president trump says he was fired because he wasn't up to it. he wasn't doing a good job. simply wasn't doing a very good job. the sacking has led democrats to call for an independent investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. nothing less is at stake than the american people's faith in our criminaljustice system and the integrity of the executive branch of our government. and comey first thought the news that he'd been fired was a joke. then he had to fly home from the west coast to face the reality. also. spicing up the drama today, the russian foreign minister is in washington, with a trip to the white house on the itinerary. after the meeting sergei lavrov called allegations that russia tampered in the us election fake, accusing

. i got out as a major. i was on lieutenant kernel. >> you also spent time here in washington before -- >> yeah. >> before coming here now as a freshman in the house of representatives. what were you doing? >> i was in my residency studying any urology here at walter medical reed. i met my wife. she was working as a contractor for the government. and so it was fun. we met and she had a very, very military background as well. so we kind of clicked. one thing led to another and here we are 35 years later. >> how many kids? >> three children, three grandchildren. >> and you are from a military family as well. >> i am. >> what did your dad -- did your mom serve as well? >> no, just dad. my father did. her father did. so they were -- and when one of our sons. so we're -- the children are military. military ourselves and proud parents of a military officer. >> what was your life like with the father that served in the military? >> so, we travelled a great deal, and it was not painful because we thought everybody did it. you know, we just thought, open, sure, every year, here we go. we had

-- with news that impacts you. be sure to watch "washington journal." join the discussion. >> i am standing on the pennsylvania side of the delaware river, where behind me is new jersey state capitol of trenton. we are here to learn about its history, including the state capitol built in 1790. >> trenton became the state capitol in 1790. trenton was selected because of its location, even though we are not in the geographical center of the state. we are situated on the delaware river. equidistant between north jersey and south jersey. it made sense for trenton because trenton was a household name. it was made famous by george washington and the battle of trenton, crossing the delaware river. it was also a center of commerce. william trent had established trenton as a port town. a river port town. hisould fail -- sail merchant ships as far as this point, up to the fall lines of the delaware. it made sense to bring government here. the building involved over the course of 200 years from 1792 to 1991. 10 different architects, 16 major construction projects. where we are standing in the